We’ve all had a night to sleep off the Colts’ poor outing in Pittsburgh, now lets talk about why the season isn’t over
The ship isn’t sinking, the sky isn’t falling, the Colts just had an awful game but its not time to panic.
If you were scrolling social media after the Indianapolis Colts’ Week 9 loss to the Pittsburgh Steelers, you’d think the team was on the verge of another lost season; in reality, that couldn’t be further from the truth.
So let’s all take a deep breath and discuss the situation instead of overreacting to the team’s worst performance of the year. It didn’t feel like most of the fan base wanted to hear the bright side of where things stand, as everyone was angry about the loss. Hopefully, we’ve all rested well and are ready to look at things with a bit more level-headedness.
This loss won’t sink the Colts; it might even make them better
After this loss, the Colts now sit at 7-2 through nine weeks, a record fans would have been ecstatic with before the season began. The team is still in first place in the AFC South and first place in the AFC due to tiebreakers.
Would a win have been better? Of course, this loss does not doom the Colts’ 2025 season. This isn’t me saying yesterday’s performance wasn’t an issue; the team got outplayed in multiple facets. All good teams experience these types of games, though the great teams find a way to learn from them and make it a positive outcome in the long run.
Some said yesterday, “The Steelers just gave the rest of the NFL the blueprint on how to beat the Colts.” I struggle not to laugh at that notion because the facts of that game make that nearly impossible. First of all, there aren’t many teams that come close to the dominance of the Steelers’ defensive line, which is the most significant factor in the Colts’ offensive struggles in Week 9.
A Colts team with only four total turnovers through the first eight weeks had six vs. the Steelers. If there is a game plan in place to force that many turnovers weekly, please let me know, as no defense in the NFL is currently achieving those numbers.
Even after turning the ball over six times, the Colts lost this game by a whopping seven points. This Colts team is unlike years past, and the reaction in the locker room shows that. They were, of course, upset about the loss, but they didn’t have the sense of defeat that past Colts locker rooms would show after a poor outing.
They fully believe they are one of the NFL’s best teams and have shown it for most of the year. They say they will learn and grow from this loss, and if they do, no one will care about how poorly they performed in Week 9 of the season when it’s all said and done.
Their first chance to get right will be Week 10, as they travel to Germany to take on the Atlanta Falcons before their bye in Week 11.
Indianapolis Colts News
Despite the Colts’ embarassing showing in Week 9 there were 2 bright spots we shouldn’t overlook
Two young Colts players did their part despite the team’s loss to the Steelers in Week 9.
